In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
UPSTARE
Etymology
Verb
upstare (third-person singular simple present upstares, present participle upstaring, simple past and past participle upstared)
(intransitive) To stare or stand erect or on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.
Anagrams
• Pasteur, Puertas, Supetar, pasture, tear-ups, tears up, uprates, uptears
Source: Wiktionary
Up*stare", v. i.
Definition: To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous. "Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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